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Historical Event on 9/29/1959

Arati Saha successfully swam the English Channel. She was the first Asian lady to achieve the feat.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/5/1970Indian ship capsized in Krishna River in eastern India claiming 150 lives.
10/24/1904Lalchand Hirachand, famous industialist, was born.
8/10/1860Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, the great architect of the renaissance of Hindustani music and who played a vital role in giving re-birth to North Indian classical music, was born at Balukeshwar, Maharashtra.
7/5/1917'Hindumashinary Society' was established by Gajanan Bhaskar Vaidya.
12/6/1952First Indo-Soviet Trade agreement signed.
6/20/1979Renedy Singh, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Manipur.
11/24/1919Gandhiji presides over All-India Khilafat conference at Delhi.
10/9/2000The Reserve Bank of India issued bank notes in the denomination of Rs.1000 in the Mahatma Gandhi series bearing the leader's portrait in the watermark and signature of Dr. Bimal Jalan, Governor of the RBI. The length of the note is 177 mm and the width is 73 mm. The notes are printed in a combination of offset and intaglio processes. This is the first note with intaglio printing on it.
11/28/1999The Vajpayee Government seeks support on major economic issues during the winter session at Parliament.
11/3/1995Sheila Kaul becomes Governor of Himachal Pradesh, P. Shivshankar of Kerala and V Reghunath Reddy takes additional charge of Sikkim.